The Art of Dramatic Writing: Its Basis in the Creative Interpretation of Human MotivesSimon and Schuster, 15.02.1972 - 320 Seiten Learn the basic techniques every successful playwright knows! Amid the hundreds of "how-to" books out there, there have been very few which attempted to analyze the mysteries of play construction. Lajos Egri's classic, The Art of Dramatic Writing, does just that, with instruction that can be applied equally well to a short story, novel, or screenplay. Examining a play from the inside out, Egri starts with the heart of any drama: its characters. All good dramatic writing hinges on people and their relationships, which serve to move the story forward and give it life, as well as an understanding of human motives—why people act the way that they do. Using examples from everything from William Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet to Henrik Ibsen's A Doll's House, Egri shows how it is essential for the author to have a basic premise—a thesis, demonstrated in terms of human behavior—and to develop the dramatic conflict on the basis of that behavior. Using Egri's ABCs of premise, character, and conflict, The Art of Dramatic Writing is a direct, jargon-free approach to the problem of achieving truth in writing. |
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CHARACTER | 31 |
The Bone Structure | 33 |
Environment | 44 |
The Dialectical Approach | 51 |
Character Growth | 62 |
Strength of Will in a Character | 80 |
Plot or CharacterWhich? | 90 |
Point of Attack | 192 |
Transition | 201 |
Crisis Climax Resolution | 230 |
GENERAL | 243 |
Obligatory Scene | 245 |
Exposition | 250 |
Dialogue | 254 |
Experimentation | 261 |
Characters Plotting Their Own Play | 104 |
Pivotal Character | 110 |
The Antagonist | 116 |
Orchestration | 118 |
Unity of Opposites | 123 |
CONFLICT | 129 |
Origin of Action | 131 |
Cause and Effect | 133 |
Static | 143 |
Jumping | 153 |
Rising | 170 |
Movement | 180 |
Foreshadowing Conflict | 188 |
The Timeliness of a Play | 265 |
Entrances and Exits | 268 |
Why Are Some Bad Plays Successful? | 270 |
Melodrama | 273 |
On Genius | 274 |
What Is Art?A Dialogue | 278 |
When You Write a Play | 281 |
How to Get Ideas | 285 |
Writing for Television | 294 |
Conclusion | 298 |
Plays Analyzed | 299 |
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